Meg Macfarlane

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago

"The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents..."

!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

[Please RT!] Hi all! This is a long shot, but I'm trying anyway - the nonprofit I work for is working on Christmas wishlists, and one of the young boys we works with would love an XBOX. Most likely we're going to get him an Xbox One, but if anyone has an Xbox Series X they're willing to donate LMK!

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

here’s another example of how our out-of-touch overlords couldn’t give a shit about you or me. in four days, due to the government shutdown, 42 million needy Americans are going to lose their SNAP benefits. mind you, the government has the money to continue paying out these benefits — they’re just choosing not to. because fuck you, that’s why. they are literally starving people because they think they can blame Democrats for it and score political points. seriously, if you go to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service website right now, you’ll get a message basically saying ‘Democrats took your money and gave it to transgender immigrants.’ I shit you not.

from today's post: denying financial relief to 42 million needy Americans may seem like a cruel thing to do, but remember: as always, with these sadistic fuckface shitweasels, cruelty is the point.
please read my post here, thanks: bit.ly/4hOa3oB

A 13 year old and ICE Weeks ago I wrote about 13 and 17 year old sisters who went missing in the world after ICE abducted their mother from a Worcester, Massachusetts street, leaving them parentless and in state care.

A few weeks ago, a 13 year old was abducted by ICE and he is still not home. The trauma caused to this child is unfathomable.

I wrote this piece in lieu of filing a child abuse report. Because where do I file it when the perpetrator is the federal government? open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

RFK Jr. must resign.

I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash.

For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.

This seems like a salient point.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

The 37 ballroom donors won’t be remembered for generosity, but for funding a monument to authoritarian vanity during a shutdown, at a venue nicknamed after a sex trafficker, while Americans wonder how they’ll eat. History keeps receipts & their names aren’t coming off those walls

In case you’re wondering why prices are going up

Free Speech is American’s inalienable right!

The American First guy on Air Force 1 today with his Qatari business partners: “It’s an honor to have you on this plane … first time.”

So much for that fiscally responsible GOP he is now the biggest reason for the deficit being as high as it is.

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

Not an ounce recovered.

Not a shred of evidence provided.

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

The thing about the ballroom is that however much he says it'll cost (already gone from estimated $250b to 300) it will actually cost a fraction of that, cheaply built with inferior materials. He pockets the rest. The private donors are well aware of that, but they're getting something more valuable

Tennessee & Alabama have tortured two Black men to death via execution in the past 3ish months. First Byron Black and now Anthony Boyd. There are truly no words to describe the suffering these men endured. Two different methods, both despicably inhumane & torturous. Abolish the death penalty NOW.

Burchett is Burchetting again.

'Chilling': FBI shocks with visits to homes of innocent protesters under Trump's orders Under orders from President Donald Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent protesters, according to a report.In one case, special needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, told independent j...

Apparently Trump is now sending the FBI to the homes of innocent protestors, in part to find out who is behind the "criminal conspiracy" arranging these protests.

The real reason is obviously the chilling effect on free speech for those attending.

www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/

Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur|Hardcover “Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac’s life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of greatness.”...

"Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur," is my first non-sports book. Three years, 652 interviews. Hardest book I've written, best book I've written. I am fighting for sales in a sea of political news. Please consider helping a lib writer out. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/only-god-c...

A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska